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Encourage a Preemie Mom on World Prematurity Day

A mother sits upright in a chair. She exhales sharply as she tries to shift her weight off her freshly cut birth scar. She fidgets with her fingers, gently stroking the glass of the incubator next to her – the life-line cradling her tiny baby

Meet Tasmin

Embracing Tasmin, Mom of a Preemie Every mother’s story is as unique and important as she is. Moms speak, we listen.  For our latest Meet The Mom we got chatting with Tasmin Johnson. Tasmin’s son was born prematurely at just 7 months, and she opened up

We stand with Shana – why we need to start talking about our births.

Society will not fix what it cannot acknowledge. There are many, many Shana’s in South Africa. We are fed a narrative that as long as we are delivered of a “healthy baby”, nothing else matters – our experiences don’t matter. And yet, we know they do. There is a spectrum of injustice and none of it is okay! The dents in our soul are real….